India McKinney

India McKinney

Prior to joining EFF, India spent over 10 years in Washington, DC as a legislative staffer to three members of Congress from California. Her work there primarily focused on the appropriations process, specifically analyzing and funding programs in the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and Justice. Her biggest legislative accomplishment was authorizing, funding and then naming a new outpatient VA/DoD clinic that will serve over 80,000 people.

India’s passion has always been for good public policy, and she’s excited to be using skills developed during legislative battles to fight for consumer privacy and for robust surveillance oversight.

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Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray faced questions from the House Judiciary Committee about how his department is implementing one of the government’s most powerful surveillance tools. Despite repeated bipartisan requests, Director Wray refused to tell the Members of the Committee how many Americans have been impacted by Section 702...

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%3Ciframe%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%2Fisvp%2F%3Ftype%3Dlive%26amp%3Bcomm%3Dcommerce%26amp%3Bfilename%3Dcommerce091917%26amp%3Bstt%3D00%3A30%3A20%26amp%3Bauto_play%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bwmode%3Dopaque%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20frameborder%3D%220%22%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E Privacy info. This embed will serve content from senate.gov10:00 a.m.: In closing the hearing, Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks passionately about the need for the Department of Justice to invest more resources in prosecuting sex traffickers. Ms. Slater of the Internet Assocation echoes Sen...